Elements of Image Making is a series of workshops investigating analogue film processes, structured around the open exchange of ideas, resources, and skills while focusing on teaching through facilitation.

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Topics covered range from manipulations of found footage to new image generation using chemical, optical, and mechanical techniques. Our primary concern being the surface of film, we will treat it as a canvas. We will create and watch 16mm and super 8 films.

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Elements of Image Making is a monthly analogue film meet up/hang out/nerd out/freak out. We meet on Sundays at Noisebridge.

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Initially concerned with tactile manipulations, we will make direct animations by drawing, scratching, and painting directly onto film. By focusing on texture, pattern, and rhythm we will explore projected light, experience and perception. Future workshops will move into the darkroom exploring: photograms, hand processing, handmade emulsions and tinting/toning.

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== UPCOMING SERIES==

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NEXT WORKSHOP is June 2nd. Somewhere between direct animation and handprocessing lies a zone of techniques for celluloid manipulation.

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We will concentrate on reticulation, solarisation and other chemical manipulations of found and captured film!

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Bring any film you got lying around. We will tease and torture the emulsion with bleach, light and photochemistry.

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Additionally we will invoke whatever mischief we can think of; we might bury film, throw it into a volcano, launch it into the atmosphere, bake it, burn it or sail it to angel island.

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We generally meet every three weeks.

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Prior film knowledge is not required but attendees with previous experience are encouraged to contribute their knowledge and experience at any level they feel comfortable with.

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*Positive Thinking

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** 5/12 reversal developing & DIY dailies

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*Got My Ion You

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** 6/2 Solarization & Reticulation

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*Hand Made Emulsion

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** 6/23 Cyanotype & Silver

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==Starts Sunday August 26th and continues every 2nd and 4th Sunday==

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== Sunday April 13th ==

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Participants are encouraged to bring any materials they think would be interesting to work with, including any aged film material or stock, but especially markers, paint, stamps, translucent objects or scratching elements, anything that may hold an interesting presence on film. All editing materials, projectors, and tools necessary will be provided.

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4pm

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Building on what we've covered in previous weeks we will move past the negative and embrace the positive. We will discuss reversal processing and making positive prints.

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We will trouble shoot some DIY contact printing and hopefully print the negatives from previous weeks.

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==Sunday March 31st==

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4pm

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*Learn to use a bolex film camera!

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*Learn how to hand process film

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*Learn how to use a 16mm projector

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We will take a bolex to dolores park/wherever film some stuff and then come back to noise bridge and develop it. If all goes well and the film is dry we will visit our neighbors, Artist Television Access, and project the film.

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Hand Processing is back in 2013!!!!!!

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== RESULTS//==

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Examples of some of the things we have done thus far:

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[http://vimeo.com/60529904 Our first test!]

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[http://vimeo.com/61651848 Optical printing and more!!!]

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===Material Provided===

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*Inks, dyes and markers

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*Scratching tools

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*Some Markers / sharpies; multi-colors

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*Salt

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*Cyrstal dust. bug parts. tiny fish. reptile skin.

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*Hole punches

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*Letraset

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*Stamps

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*Sandpaper, brillo pad, steel wool

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*Projectors and editing tools/supplies

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===Facilitated by :===

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* [http://esquizofilmia.wordpress.com/bio Eliane Lima]

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* [http://www.ecstatic-erratic.com Eric Stewart]

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*Tod Green

==External Resources==

==External Resources==

*[http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hill Helen Hill's] [http://www.angoleiro.com/cine_texts/recipes_for_disaster_hill.pdf Recipes for Disaster] is a zine featuring lots of filmmakers from N. America talking about various direct film techniques. Super Awesome!

*[http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hill Helen Hill's] [http://www.angoleiro.com/cine_texts/recipes_for_disaster_hill.pdf Recipes for Disaster] is a zine featuring lots of filmmakers from N. America talking about various direct film techniques. Super Awesome!

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* [http://www.philiphoffman.ca/filmfarm/ Film Farm] Canadian independent imaging retreat operating for 20+ years.

*[http://www.handmadefilm.org/ Handmade Film Institute] Situated outside of Boulder Co, hosts classes, workshops and retreats in handmade film processes, also features a plethora of technical info on darkroom chemistry.

*[http://www.handmadefilm.org/ Handmade Film Institute] Situated outside of Boulder Co, hosts classes, workshops and retreats in handmade film processes, also features a plethora of technical info on darkroom chemistry.

Revision as of 08:31, 17 May 2013

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Elements of Image Making: Alternative Optics, Processes & Techniques

Elements of Image Making is a monthly analogue film meet up/hang out/nerd out/freak out. We meet on Sundays at Noisebridge.

UPCOMING SERIES

NEXT WORKSHOP is June 2nd. Somewhere between direct animation and handprocessing lies a zone of techniques for celluloid manipulation.
We will concentrate on reticulation, solarisation and other chemical manipulations of found and captured film!
Bring any film you got lying around. We will tease and torture the emulsion with bleach, light and photochemistry.

We generally meet every three weeks.

Positive Thinking

5/12 reversal developing & DIY dailies

Got My Ion You

6/2 Solarization & Reticulation

Hand Made Emulsion

6/23 Cyanotype & Silver

Sunday April 13th

4pm

Building on what we've covered in previous weeks we will move past the negative and embrace the positive. We will discuss reversal processing and making positive prints.

We will trouble shoot some DIY contact printing and hopefully print the negatives from previous weeks.

Sunday March 31st

4pm

Learn to use a bolex film camera!

Learn how to hand process film

Learn how to use a 16mm projector

We will take a bolex to dolores park/wherever film some stuff and then come back to noise bridge and develop it. If all goes well and the film is dry we will visit our neighbors, Artist Television Access, and project the film.